Birthday groper, aged 80, banned from every nightclub in Britain

A MAN who groped two young women while out celebrating his 80th birthday has been banned from every nightclub in Britain, a court has decreed.

Jaime Arrochela Lobo, 80, put his hand up one young woman’s skirt and twice grabbed another’s bottom as he danced at St Christopher’s Inn in Borough, near London Bridge, on March 25. After he was arrested in the early hours, the retired car salesman told police that he enjoyed dancing and chatting to girls.

Lobo, who has a partner, was convicted at Croydon magistrates’ court in September of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old and her friend, 24.

Yesterday, at Camberwell magistrates’ court, Lobo was placed on a 12-month community order, which includes a condition he must not attend any nightclub in England and Wales for the next year.

He must also wear an electronic tag to ensure he obeys a six-month curfew between 9pm and 6am, and attend rehabilitation for up to 30 days. The court also ordered Lobo, who has a pacemaker, to sign the sex offenders’ register for five years and pay £250 costs.

The first woman told the trial: “I felt a bit sorry for him so said: ‘Hi.’ I thought if I saw someone like my grandfather I’d feel a bit sorry for him. The people in the pub were in their 20s and 30s.

“I turned away and a minute later I felt his hand up my skirt inside my underwear. Her friend said: “This man came up behind me and touched my bottom so I turned around and told him not to do that.

“Later on the same man did it again. It was like a grab. It did make me feel a bit uncomfortable and violated and I was a bit angry with him.

“I did question why an old man would be there on his own in a young environment.”

Lobo, of Paddington, west London, was arrested at the pub and told police: “I like dancing and speaking with young girls.” He also said he had left his home before visiting the pub because he was a “bit upset” with his girlfriend.